Research Report

Bringing All Girls to School: A Case for More Investment

PCE's evidence-based case for investing in girls' education—because millions of girls remain locked out of Pakistan's classrooms, and the cost of that exclusion is paid by the whole country.

PCE's evidence-based case for investing in girls' education—because millions of girls remain locked out of Pakistan's classrooms, and the cost of that exclusion is paid by the whole country.

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Education Financing

Girls' Education

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Education underpins everything from poverty reduction to economic growth to social inclusion—yet across seven decades, Pakistan has struggled to get and keep its children, especially girls, in school. This report makes the investment case for girls’ education, documenting the scale of exclusion and the barriers behind it, and arguing that closing the gender gap is among the highest-return investments Pakistan can make. (Note: original OOSC figure of 22.8M predates current estimates—update on migration.)

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